Analytical results on Casimir forces for conductors with edges and tips

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 6867-6871

  Maghrebi, Mohammad F ^a   Rahi, Sahand Jamal ^a,b   Emig, Thorsten ^c   Graham, Noah ^d   Jaffe, Robert L ^a   Kardar, Mehran ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluctuations; Quantum electrodynamics

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; CASIMIR FORCE; CONDUCTOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 79955564845     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1018079108     Document Type: Article

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